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| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Drawing of a railroad employee standing on a handcar on the tracks painting the surface of a "tunnel" with a brush. Another man is looking at him with a ha... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Four-fold, copy art greeting card with two photographs. One on the front shows a man's hands writing "Greetings" on a card next to a photograph of Sid smok... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Sid is crouching beneath a table. He has a cigar in his mouth, and is sticking his head out from under the tablecloth and smiling. On the floor is a chaoti... |
| Date: | 10 1971 |
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| Description: | Large concrete-cast sculpture identified as "Blue Dragon Urn" in Sid's backyard. It is painted blue with an Asian styled dragon in red wrapped around it. A... |
| Date: | 1981 |
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| Description: | Mock-up poster for the "Schenk's-Atwood Revitalization Association." At the top it reads: "Schenks Atwood" in red ink on a yellow background. Below that ar... |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | Two-fold invitation to the Ice Chipper's annual gathering with humorous typewritten text inside that reads in part: "International Conference for 'The Prom... |
| Date: | 09 1980 |
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| Description: | Tall cast-concrete sculpture identified as "Blue Tripod" in Sid's backyard near a fence. It measures 104" x 31" x 54". An abstract fish-like form identifie... |
| Date: | 08 1976 |
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| Description: | Large, plastic molded plaque of a carousel horse mounted on a decorated, wooden background. The relief, supported by a child on the stairs of Sid's house, ... |
| Date: | 09 1977 |
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| Description: | Unpainted wooden Japanese torii gate and a side view of sculptural arch of a standing old man in Sid's backyard. The man, with a prodigious nose, big blue ... |
| Date: | 02 1970 |
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| Description: | Wooden carved mask inspired by Pacific West coast native art styles with an eagle beak and eyes, gaping fish mouth, and fish tail motifs on its cheeks. It ... |
| Date: | 10 1974 |
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| Description: | Outdoor portrait of Bernice (Boyum) Bergner standing behind a gravestone for her aunt Martha W. and her mother Emma M. Schroeder Boyum in the Hillside Ceme... |
| Date: | 04 09 1979 |
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| Description: | View of Sid Boyum sitting in his living room at 237 Waubesa Street. He is sitting on a couch and holding a jug previously used for vinegar, which he sculpt... |
| Date: | 1984 |
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| Description: | Silk-screen print of University of Wisconsin-Madison mascot, Bucky Badger, in red ink on white paper. Bucky is running, and is wearing a striped sweater an... |
| Date: | 10 1971 |
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| Description: | Six-foot high, concrete-cast slender abstract sculpture of an imaginative being with a human face. Jutting out of the head is a narrowing pillar. The eyes ... |
| Date: | 1976 |
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| Description: | Photograph of an original oil painting on canvas by Sid Boyum titled "Traffic." The work pictures a multi-colored abstract piece displayed vertically again... |
| Date: | 08 1976 |
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| Description: | Photograph of an original oil painting of an autumn scene by Sid Boyum. The work shows a small, solitary man in dark greenish hat and coat using a walking ... |
| Date: | 08 1976 |
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| Description: | Photograph of an original oil painting of a dramatic sky scene by Sid Boyum. The works shows a broad cloudy sky over a dark rural landscape, divided by a n... |
| Date: | 06 1962 |
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| Description: | Landscape photograph by Sid Boyum of a fisherman on the bank of Big Spring Creek near a power house and dam. The fisherman to the right blends into the bui... |
| Date: | 1977 |
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| Description: | View across sidewalk towards Robert "Bob" Bender standing behind the hood of his shiny 9-passenger black 1956 Cadillac Fleetwood, the flagship taxi of the ... |
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